Participating in National History Day is one of the CMS's signature projects. National History Day is an inter-disciplinary research project for students in grades 6-12. History Day teaches students to:
Conduct in-depth research
Use primary and secondary sources
Read a variety of texts
Analyze and synthesize information
present historical content
Students choose a topic that relates to an annual theme and relates to Georgia in some way, research that topic, and develop their research into one of five presentation categories: research paper, exhibit, documentary, performance, or website. Students may then enter their projects into History Day competitions at school, regional, state and national levels.
Deadlines: August/September-Topic Selected
October/November-Thesis, Research and beginning stages of construction of Website, Paper or Documentary
December: Research and Creation of Website, Paper or Documentary
Participating in National History Day is one of the CMS's signature projects. National History Day is an inter-disciplinary research project for students in grades 6-12. History Day teaches students to:
Students choose a topic that relates to an annual theme and relates to Georgia in some way, research that topic, and develop their research into one of five presentation categories: research paper, exhibit, documentary, performance, or website. Students may then enter their projects into History Day competitions at school, regional, state and national levels.
The 2016 theme is Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History
Students begin work on NHD in August and continue until early January.
8th Grade Choices:
Documentary:
http://www.nhd.org/entering-contest/creating-an-entry/documentary/
Website:
http://www.nhd.org/entering-contest/creating-an-entry/website/
Paper:
http://www.nhd.org/entering-contest/creating-an-entry/paper/
Deadlines: August/September-Topic Selected
October/November-Thesis, Research and beginning stages of construction of Website, Paper or Documentary
December: Research and Creation of Website, Paper or Documentary
Rubric for Entries
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